neigh
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
Definition of neigh
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- The cry of a horse.
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noun
- The cry of a horse.
verb
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To make its cry.
“For hovv […] ſhall I knovv thee to be a man, vvhen thou kickeſt like an aſſe, neygheſt like an Horſe after vvomen, raueſt in luſt like a Bull, raueneſt like a Beare, ſtingeſt like a Scorpion, rakeſt like a VVolfe, as ſuttle as a Foxe, as impudent as a Dogge; ſhall I ſay thou art man that haſt all the Symptomes of a beaſt?”
“"I went into the stable first to see to the horse, and found him neighing and waiting for his hay, so I went up into the hay-loft for an armful[.]"”
- To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
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(obsolete)To scoff or sneer.
“Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English neyen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.
Words you can make from neigh
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